Algorithmic Language 1968 (ALGOL 68) was an imperative computer programming language developed by computer scientists from around the world. The programming language was highly influential, used by many European defence agencies, and parts of it have been seen in computer languages developed years later. At UBC, John E.L. Peck (known in the ALGOL 68 working group as JELP) took a significant role in creating the language and leading the group as they developed and edited the programming language from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s.

At Home in the Universe: The Life and Times of William Shatner is a documentary created for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s biographical series, Life and Times, which was produced by Harvey McKinnon Productions, with Harvey McKinnon as Executive Producer and Writer, Lynn Booth as Producer and Michael Tobias as Director. First broadcast in November 1999, this short film (44 minutes) is a biographical treatment of actor William Shatner that highlights significant events in his life, focusing on his career and his love for nature and children.
Harvey McKinnon of Harvey McKinnon Productions is an inspirational speaker and trainer and has raised significant funds for various non-profit organizations. He has worked as a radio columnist for CBC Radio and published in numerous Canadian newspapers. McKinnon has produced or written several award-winning documentaries, including Side by Side: Women Against Aids, The Nature of David Suzuki and The Black Sea in Crisis.

The Canadians in IFLA History Project consists of thirteen audio interviews documenting the development of Canadian librarians and libraries’ involvement within the history of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Results of this research were published by CLA as The Canada IFLA Adventure: 85 Years of Canadian Participation in the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, 1927 to 2012 by Judith Saltman, Dan Gillean, Jamie Kathleen McCarthy, Myron Groover, J. Jack Unrau, and Rachel Balko (ISBN 978-0-88802-339-1).

Walter Koerner incorporated the Cedar Lodge Society in 1969 and donated money, land, and other assets to enable it to carry out its mandate of operating a brain injury treatment facility known as the Skeleem Village Recovery Centre. The facility, located in the community of Cobble Hill on Vancouver Island, closed in 1986 due to changes in provincial government policy. In the late 1980s, Koerner gifted the property to the University of British Columbia, who assumed responsibility for the operation of Skeleem Village. The University held majority membership in the Society and the majority of the Board of Directors. Skeleem Village re-opened in 1992 as a post-acute brain injury rehabilitation programme and had a close working relationship with the UBC Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. However, in 2003 the facility was closed for financial reasons.

The Health Sciences Historical Society was founded in the fall of 1966. The society had a mandate to provide a forum of expression of interest and promote the study of the history of the sciences dealing with human health. It was formed at the request of Prof. William C. Gibson, head of the Department of the History of Science and Medicine. The precursor to this society was the B.C. branch of the Canadian Society for the Study of the History of Science and Philosophy of Science. Membership was split into three groups: active members (drawn from students and graduates from the faculties of medicine and science), associate members (and interested individuals), and patrons/friends (people with “sympathy for the objects” of the society). Meetings were composed of lectures by members of the society, hosted at members’ homes or other locations. The society likely stopped meeting in the late 1970s, based on the last meeting notice found in the fonds.

The Student Christian Movement of Canada was created in 1921 by merging university student Christian clubs and associations with YMCA and YWCA student departments. A Student Christian Movement “study group” was organized at UBC in 1922, and by 1926 had been formally established as an official branch of the Canadian SCM. The SCM was dedicated to discussing economic, social, and political issues from a Christian perspective. The UBC branch hosted several public discussions and other events on campus and hosted seminars and conferences for the regional and national SCM. In 1974, the UBC SCM amalgamated with the Anglican-United Campus Ministry to form the Cooperative Christian Campus Ministry (CCCM) at UBC. In 1979, UBC SCM left the CCCM – it continued to operate as an active student organization until at least 1993.

The Vancouver Women’s Network was established in October 1979 as part of the Women in Management and Career Development Programme at the UBC Centre for Continuing Education. It was founded by program director Eileen Hendry as an opportunity for women professionals, often isolated in their places of work, to plug into a support system to promote information and idea exchange, feedback, referrals, guidance, role models and mentors. At its monthly meetings, the Network held discussions and invited speakers on such issues as sexual harassment and discrimination, wrongful dismissal, affirmative action, and inequity of wages in the workplace. The organization was re-organized as a separate non-profit society in 1983 and re-named the Westcoast Women’s Network. The Network has evolved to become more focused on the issues particular to career-oriented women, but it retains its original purpose to promote “women helping women.”